Re: [Linaro-acpi] ACPI ASL git repository

-- Andrea On 30/lug/2013, at 21:43, Al Stone al.stone@linaro.org wrote: > On 07/30/2013 03:53 AM, Graeme Gregory wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have moved the acpi asl definitions out of the kernel repository into >> their own repository so that they can be used for building UEFI. >> >> The new repository for ASL is :- >> >> http://git.linaro.org/gitweb?p=arm/acpi/acpi-asl.git%3Ba=summary >> >> There will be a strict all patches require one Ack policy on this repo >> for changes. And a NAK will deny access. >> >> Currently there are two platforms defined in the platforms/ directory. >> One for the Arndale board and one for the foundation v8 model. Obviously >> this ASL is currently a work in progress. >> >> For acpi team members the "blob" can be built with mab using either :- >> >> make exynos5250-arndale.acpi >> or >> make foundation-v8.acpi >> >> in the root directory of the repo. >> >> Thanks >> >> Graeme > > Just a quick note on why this split is happening.... > > What we want to do is make it more difficult to make changes in the > contract between the kernel drivers and the ACPI tables. That is, > once the ASL gets written and coded into ACPI tables, and once a driver > has been written that uses those tables, a contract between the two > has essentially been defined. > > By keeping the ASL in the kernel tree, we felt it was too easy for > people to make changes to those contracts without being aware of all > the implications. Or, to make things worse, inadvertently breaking > drivers. > > While this source tree split will not completely prevent the problem, > the hope is that by slowing it down and forcing review, we can at > least mitigate it. And, if we do, we can help the kernel stay stable. > > -- > ciao, > al > ----------------------------------- > Al Stone > Software Engineer > Linaro Enterprise Group > al.stone@linaro.org > ----------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Linaro-acpi mailing list > Linaro-acpi@lists.linaro.org > http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-acpi